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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the physician assistant board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 204.052(a), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The physician assistant board consists of 13 [nine] |
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members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the |
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senate as follows: |
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(1) seven [three] practicing physician assistant |
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members who each have at least five years of clinical experience as |
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a physician assistant; |
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(2) three physician members who are licensed in this |
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state and who supervise physician assistants; and |
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(3) three public members who are not licensed as a |
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physician or physician assistant. |
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SECTION 2. Section 204.054(a), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Members of the physician assistant board are appointed |
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for staggered six-year terms. The terms of four or five [three] |
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members, as applicable, expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered |
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year. |
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SECTION 3. Section 204.055, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 204.055. OFFICERS. The governor shall designate a |
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physician assistant member of the physician assistant board as the |
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presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the will |
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of the governor. The physician assistant board shall select from |
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its membership a secretary to serve a one-year term. |
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SECTION 4. Not later than November 1, 2015, the governor |
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shall appoint four members to the physician assistant board as |
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provided by Section 204.052(a)(1), Occupations Code, as amended by |
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this Act, as follows: |
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(1) one member for a term expiring February 1, 2017; |
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(2) one member for a term expiring February 1, 2019; |
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and |
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(3) two members for terms expiring February 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 5. If, on the effective date of this Act, the |
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presiding officer of the physician assistant board does not meet |
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the qualifications for office as presiding officer under Section |
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204.055, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, the presiding |
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officer is removed from office as presiding officer on that date. |
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As soon as practicable on or after the effective date of this Act, |
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the governor shall appoint a presiding officer who meets the |
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qualifications under Section 204.055, Occupations Code, as amended |
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by this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |